Wirebound package



J. CAYLOR.

WIREBOUND PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED Dec. 2, 1919.

1,385,8 1 3. Patented July 26, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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Gite mew I .l. CAYLOR.

WIREBOUND PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FVILED no.2. 1919.

1,385,8 1 3. Patented y 26, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2. I

1525mm M J. CAYLOR.

Patented July 26, 1921. a SHEETS-SHEET a.

\ima UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

mrrnnsorr CAYLOR, or INDiANArOms, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'ro rrormsn BOX.

COMPANY, OF CRAWFORDSVILLE, 1NDIANA,,A CORPORATION wmEBonNn PACKAGE.

To all whom it. may concern: 1

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON GAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of'Marion'and State of Indiana,have'invented a new and useful Wirebound Package, of which the followingis a specification.

The object ofmy invention is to produce a blank from which a very rigidbut light wirebound shippingcrate or package may be produced, theconstruction being such that the several sections may be readilyproduced by ordinary box-blank-making ma- 7 chinery; and; also such"that crates of considerable :si'ze, having dimensions greater thanthose within the normal capacity of blank-forming machines,,maynevertheless be produced; i

The accompanying drawings illustrate my inventionf-Figurel is; aperspective of a :crate orpackage embodying my invention,

a portion of one of the siding sheets being broken awayyFig; 2 isaperspective of an inner faceof one of the side sections; Flg. 3aperspectiveof the; extended blank cont prising the bottom and adjacentend sections;;Fig-. 4 anyoutenperspectlve of the other side section;andFig. 5 a perspective of the top section formed withspliced cleats;Fig, 6 a transverse section of the assembled package; and Fig. 7 afragmentary perspective showing themanner o'f tyingrin the sidesections; Figs. 8 and 9 j fragmentary perspe'ctives showing a desirableconnection at the corners, and Figr-IO a perspective view on, a larger"scale showing a package in nearly completed condition.-

. In the drawings, 10, 10v indicate cleats arranged in close seriesuinlengths substantially equal to the desired length of the bottom of thecompleted package;, These cleats are connected in parallel pairs bysiding strips 11 which may be either spaced apart or arranged closelyadjacent each other, edge to edge and fastened to the cleats by stapleswhich straddle binding wires 12, in the usual well-known manner. Ifdesired,] single cleats 10 of full length may be used, the mostconvenient form of cleats. is one in which one endof each cleatfisprovided with a tongue and the opposite end ofeach cleat is providedwith a matinggroove, thereis,

. Specification of Letters Patent.

the adjacent OF INDIANA.

Patented July 26,1921.

Application and December 2, 191a Serial No. 342,005.

middle of F ig. 3, where a crate of consider able length is desired,'thecleats 10, 10, as previously stated, may be'made up of short lengths(two being shown in the drawings), the tongue of one lying closely inthe groove of the adjacent cleats Flanking each end of the bottomsection (comprising the cleatslO and facing strips 11) is an end sectioncomprising cleats 13, 13 and connecting facing stripsli which may beeither spaced or arranged with their edgesabutting, and these strips areattached to the cleats by the binding wires 12 and appropriate staples,in the usual well-known manner, the parts being so'assembled that eachend section may be folded upat right angles to the bottom section so asto; bring the cleats 13 into mating-relationship with cleats. 10 and soas to stretch the binding wires over the corner. Oneor more intermediatebinding wires 15 may be attached tothe various facingfstrips 11 and 14in a common manner. The'sides of the cratelcornprise cleats 16, 16,facing strips 17-"and binding wire sfl8, 18 and 19 attached to thefacing stripsand cleats by staples, as alreadydescribecLsaid bindingwires, as well as the binding wires. 12 and .15, extending sufficientlybeyond the ends of the blanlrto permit manipulation, asher'eafterdescribed.

In view of the'fact that the cleats 16 may be square at their ends, andneed no special formation, said cleats maybe readily commercially formedof any desired lengthxand' are therefore solid from end to end and havea length substantiallyequal to the -maxi; mum length of; alongitudinalseries of cleats 10 less twice the length of one ofthe tongues of one ofsaid cleats 10. Under some condil-j tions, the cleats 16might'bespliced, as described in connection withcleats 10, but in thatcase thesplicings should bestaggered with relation as the splicings of cleats10. The top section, shown in Fig; 5, comprises two series of cleats10', 10, facing strips ll'and binding wires 12and15,so

desired package and the cleats 16 are set A from their ends an amountequal to the height ofcleats sections are T assembled with cleats 16lying u'pon cleats 10, the facing strips 17, will have their lower endslying against the inner faces of cleats 10. The ends of the lowerwires'l8 are then tucked through between V strips 11 and 14: at each endof the bottom section.

upwardly, as;indicated atthe lower corners,

of Fig.;1 and, if jdesired,tacked in place by staples,20..'j The ends"ofthe middle wires 1190f the sidesections arefthenpassed'outwardlyqunder-the wires 12,- as indicated at the'middle ofFig.,7-,-and, after being drawn tightly ioutwardly, maybe either wrappedpartially around the adjacent cleat 13, or, V jasrshown, Fig. 7, may be.bent inwardly overiwire lZ-and the end out ofiyth'us firmly uniting theparts atthis point. After the contents of the crate have been 1 placedin 7 position, the cover, shown in* Fig.H5, is appliedand theuppe'rwires'jl8 drawnioutwardly diagonally, in a manner alreadydescribedi'andtac'kedin place, 'as indicated at the upper corners'otFig. 1. ,If desired, the

.bindlng'wn'es 12 and 15-may have their adg jacentends twlsted together,as indicated at 21,@1Eig.,1, in; the usual well-known manner a andthemlf desired, the upper wires18 may:

7 tacked inplace, as shown in 1.

be bent around the tightened wires-2 12 and 1 instead :of being broughtoutwardly and In'order to further stiffen the package, loops of wires 22may be-wrapped around cleats 10 and 16' and 10 and 16,as indicated inFig; 1, and ithis may be done whether the made in the manner describedis'exceedingly cleats 1 0 and 10' are integral'or spliced,the

loops 22 being-practically essential in case the. cleats 10. and, 10 arespliced, as described. .1 if a f I I have found in practice that apackage strong and rigid and iscapable of; carrying conslderable loadsi,For instance, I have foundfitentirelypractical to make crates ,capableotcarrying several automobile fenders of pressed steel, out ofquarters-inch wood veneer and cleats'having a cross sec- 'tlon of'lixgi' -It will be readily understoodithat there 'may be some variationlIlTfllG manner of assembly of the parts, withoutdepartin'g from myinvention i 1 1 10 so that when the side Thereupon, the end sections areI have found in practice that at corners where the ends oii a bindingwire of the sides and'top or bottom "are to be twisted together,

the adjacentwire of the separate side; as'the wire 18,,for instance, canbe twisted together with said wire ends, as illustrated in a lligs, Sand 9, and that, by so doing, thereis an exceedingly rigid connectionestab- V to the gen-. 7 7,5

lished, which contributes heavily eral rigidity of thecompleted package.

It will be noted that by uniting the end" J sections with "'the jtop'and bottom sections,

and by forming'the side'sections' as separate members, thej' veneermaterial i. e1; siding,

whether in crate 'form or box form of com paratively short lengths maybe -utilized,

whereas if the long sides (Figs2 and a were united with thetop andbottom sections, with the binding g wires embracing the to'p,"bot'- tomand) sides,-"as distinguished from top,

bottom and ends, the siding material would have to be full-length o-fthevpackage. This is" quiteiimportant inf i p ackages; of; extreme length,such as I fifnd possible to'produ'ce and use for autoniobilefendersandvxother Sim? ilar longjheavy articles;

' I claim as my invention able 1 cleated sectionsfieXibly connected bybinding members; and a c'ocperating cleated sectionhavingfiexibleiconnector members projected; therethrou'gh and:attachab1e,;to

portionsotthe 'foldable' sections; a

:22 A-wirebouncl= "ackag'efmomprising a j foldable blankcomposed?ofrcleated se'ctions connected by binding wires, and a cocpera'tg 5'ing, cleated"sectionjpomprising binding wires" having ends proj ectingi beyond "the section, the said ends ee g drawntightly ea e r letheretoi V 3 A v'vlre'boun package comprising; a foldabl'e :1 cleated'bla'nk forming'ethebottom andtwo ides:0 f;the package and comprisingconnecting binding wiresandspliced cleats and cleated side sectionscarrying binding wires v having endseX-ten'ding beyondthe "Sections',the cleats 1 ofsaid slde SQCtI OIIS" be ng arranged to overliecleatso'f' one' section of the foldable blank,,the ends ofthe wires of thes'idesectio'ns being passed through adtaut, and secured in place;

4}; :A wirebound: package comprising a foldable' cleated blank formingthe bottom and two ends of thefpackage and comprising 1. A packagecomprlslng relatively as ed JQCQIIhPOItlOIIS'Of the'foldable blank,drawn connecting binding 'wires and spliced cleats; cleated side'sections' carrying-{binding wires having ends" extending beyond thesections,

the cleats. of 1 said side sections being arranged-to overliecleats-ofonejsectionofthe r side {sectionsfbeing jpassed through adj a.-' centportions of the foldable blank, drawn and securedin place;:a'ndfbinding' 'foldable blank, the ends of thewires 'Ofithe membersembracing the cleats of thesides and the cleats overlaid thereby.

5. A wirebound package comprising a foldable cleated blank embodyingbinding wires and forming bottom and two sides of the package, a cleatedwire. connected topsection, and cooperating sidesections comprisingcleats arranged to lie adjacent the cleats of the bottom and topsections and connecting wires having ends projected through the adjacentsections of the foldable blank and attached thereto.

6. A wirebound package, comprising detachable cleated and wire-connectedsections, some of said sections comprising a longitudinal series ofseparate cleats, an adjacent cleated and Wired section having its cleatsarranged so as to closely parallel the aforesaid longitudinal series ofseparate cleats of the adjacent section so as to reinforce said seriesof separate cleats by overlapping adjacent ends of such separate cleatsand having its wires adapted for interlacing engagement with adjacentpackjacent cleated and Wired cleats arranged so as to closely parallelthe age sections, and binding members embracin the parallel cleats.

A wirebound package comprising detachable cleated and wire-connectedsections, some of said sections comprising alongitu dinal series ofseparate cleats, andan adsection having its aforesaid longitudinalseries of separate cleats of the adjacent section so asto re-' 7 inforcesaid series of separate cleats by overlapplng adjacent ends of suchcleats, and having its wires adapted for 1nterlacing engagementwithadjacent package sections.

' 8. A package comprising-cleated sections having binding wires withprojected ends, three of such sections being arranged to form a packagecorner and the three adjacent wire ends twisted together.

In witness whereof, I have hereuntoset my hand at Crawfordsville,Indiana, this twenty-fourth day of November, D. one thousand ninehundred and nineteen; a

JEFFERSON CAYLOR;

